Breast cancer beliefs of women participating in a television-promoted mammography screening project.

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• Alternative Title:
  Public Health Rep
• Personal Author:
  Fuller, S M ; McDermott, R J ; Roetzheim, R G ; Marty, P J
• Description:
  A survey of breast cancer and breast cancer screening beliefs was mailed to a random sample of 1,000 women who contacted a telephone bank in response to a television-promoted, reduced-cost mammography project. Beliefs and demographics of women in the sample who subsequently completed a mammogram were compared with those who did not. No statistically significant differences were found between participants (persons who completed a mammogram) and nonparticipants with respect to age, race, marital status, income, or educational preparation. Groups also did not differ significantly in the series of beliefs examined. Factor analysis revealed respondents' most salient beliefs about breast cancer and early detection of breast cancer. Evidence is presented to suggest a need for enhanced efforts to recruit minority group women to participate in mammography screening.
• Subjects:
  Adult Aged Aged, 80 And Over Breast Neoplasms Cross-Sectional Studies Educational Status Ethnicity Factor Analysis, Statistical Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Health Promotion Health Services Accessibility Health Services Research Humans Income Mammography Marital Status Mass Screening Middle Aged Minority Groups Program Evaluation Racial Groups Retrospective Studies Television

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• Source:
  Public Health Rep. 107(6):682-690
• Pubmed ID:
  1454981
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMCnull
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida
• Volume:
  107
• Issue:
  6
• Collection(s):
  Public Health Reports
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:6f22d12d22b5c16cc6e95f9eff3080517b29270dd06b90cff06c12241956f9df
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/63823/cdc_63823_DS1.pdf
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